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probably the best john boehner can do. difficult for the republicans. 80-plus just ran four years ago with a promise they wouldn't raise taxes. i can understand why he's having trouble getting those votes, but i think he has no choice but to the try to pass snag soomething pushes the ball back into the president's court. the passage of the spending decreases was important. that's really where the emphasis should be. in tan ideal world, shouldn't raise taxes, shouldn't give the government more money because they're wasting money. we're not an an ideal world. i think john boehner, plan b is probably the best he can get. >> ask i ask, the other side of heather's point, republicans are losing the messaging battle. >> no question about it. >> a threat they're losing the messaging battle? >> the point made about tax increases not about the rich, poor, or anybody else. not giving a government wasting way too much money more money to waste. as you were, i was part of the reagan administration. the idea, don't feet the beast. star
probably the best john boehner can do. difficult for the republicans. 80-plus just ran four years ago with a promise they wouldn't raise taxes. i can understand why he's having trouble getting those votes, but i think he has no choice but to the try to pass snag soomething pushes the ball back into the president's court. the passage of the spending decreases was important. that's really where the emphasis should be. in tan ideal world, shouldn't raise taxes, shouldn't give the government more...
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john boehner. who probably now has earned the titles of the worst speaker certainly in our lifetime if not the worst speaker ever in the history of the house of representatives. the guy is just a totals total loser. look. here is where things stand. right? it's not complicated. president obama, we've got this big debt crisis. president obama, two things -- number 1, months ago, he put out a detailed plan. it's in print, and it's online, of how to resolve this fiscal crisis. no. 2, the republicans said we are not going to deal with it. we will take seven weeks off. we will have an election and let the people decide. president obama went out in front of the american people. there was one issue, the central issue. it wasn't the war in iraq iran's nuclear possibility of iran getting nuclear weapons it wasn't peace in the middle east. it wasn't immigration reform. the number 1 was issue was president obama said very clear, we want the wealthiest two percents of americans to pay more in tax after having
john boehner. who probably now has earned the titles of the worst speaker certainly in our lifetime if not the worst speaker ever in the history of the house of representatives. the guy is just a totals total loser. look. here is where things stand. right? it's not complicated. president obama, we've got this big debt crisis. president obama, two things -- number 1, months ago, he put out a detailed plan. it's in print, and it's online, of how to resolve this fiscal crisis. no. 2, the...
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this is more sort of to bolster up john boehner's negotiating stance. he can look like to the real conservatives trying to do all that he can so at the end if there's a large deal, i fought to the bitter end and brought back the entitlement cuts. this took people by surprise. it didn't factor in to the optimism of earlier in the week. so, look. at the end of the day, we have a few options. we can obviously go off the cliff and nobody wants to do. they can have a big underlying deal or maybe they come to it after going off the cliff because the more international markets and u.s. markets say you have to do something but they're not talking so a lot going on with no discussions between the white house and the speaker's office. >> excellent. >> washington, d.c. at work. >> well, i do want to go off the cliff. not nobody. >> you're on tv and not the halls in congress here. you have much more of a voice there. you can have more of an opportunity to shape the discussions. >> sometimes things work out the way they're supposed to. go, wiz. >> can you say that?
this is more sort of to bolster up john boehner's negotiating stance. he can look like to the real conservatives trying to do all that he can so at the end if there's a large deal, i fought to the bitter end and brought back the entitlement cuts. this took people by surprise. it didn't factor in to the optimism of earlier in the week. so, look. at the end of the day, we have a few options. we can obviously go off the cliff and nobody wants to do. they can have a big underlying deal or maybe...
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john boehner apparently doesn't have a lot of time. he responded to the president moments ago in a very, very brief statement. here is what he said. >> republicans continue to work toward avoiding the fiscal cliff. the president's offer of $1.3 trillion of revenue, in spending reductions. fails to meet the test the president promised the american people, a balanced approach. and providing and working on a balanced approach. tax relief for every american, 99.81%. he can call on senate democrats to pass that bill or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in american history. tracy: 50 seconds or so. here with more including whether either side is enough to fix the debt problems gerri willis of the willis report, he didn't take questions or discuss. he spoke, he left. gerri: the president of questions but it was really a soliloquy. ashley: every word. gerri: the sides are so far apart from each other it is amazing. i was mostly interested in the two plans. what will it mean for this country? specifically in terms of the death,
john boehner apparently doesn't have a lot of time. he responded to the president moments ago in a very, very brief statement. here is what he said. >> republicans continue to work toward avoiding the fiscal cliff. the president's offer of $1.3 trillion of revenue, in spending reductions. fails to meet the test the president promised the american people, a balanced approach. and providing and working on a balanced approach. tax relief for every american, 99.81%. he can call on senate...
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john boehner is the president's partner at this point. he can't wait for two years for a resolution of this problem. it would be damaging for the markets, for the economy. >> everybody, yeah. >> if this thing drifts for two years. certainly the president would like to have a democratic house, but he doesn't have one right now. he's not going to have one for some time, probably not going to have one after the 2014 elections. >> no? >> so i think this president is focused on trying to get john boehner and republicans to come his way on tax rates which is a position that's popular with the american public as our nbc/"wall street journal" poll showed this week and then get to the end stage bargaining on spending. >> so who prompted this meeting, john? you said there's a real shakeup, you're hearing about a shakeup. who prompted the meeting? was it the president or john boehner? >> reporter: i don't know that yet. i infer from what i heard about a shakeup being required that the speaker might have done it, but i don't know that yet. >> okay. w
john boehner is the president's partner at this point. he can't wait for two years for a resolution of this problem. it would be damaging for the markets, for the economy. >> everybody, yeah. >> if this thing drifts for two years. certainly the president would like to have a democratic house, but he doesn't have one right now. he's not going to have one for some time, probably not going to have one after the 2014 elections. >> no? >> so i think this president is focused...
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adam: house speaker john boehner back on capitol hill. it is the latest round of fiscal cliff talks which, as speaker boehner opens the door for tax hikes. lori: don't count apple out. dissecting the opposing analyst calls. is the worst over for shareholders? melissa: it is time for stocks now. nicole petallides standing by. nicole: we are looking good. you mentioned boehner and obama speaking once again. many traders that i have spoken with that something, some white, would get done. we are up about one half of a percent. there is the nasdaq sitting right at the 3000 mark. i also want to take a look at two names that have been making news. that is sprint and clear wire. that is about a half of a percent for sprint which is the number three u.s. wireless carrier. now, they will have full ownership of the spectrum. that is some good news for sprint. you are seeing that clear wire is selling off the news. lori: president obama and house speaker john boehner meeting just hours ago. our rich and thin was first to report this news of the meeti
adam: house speaker john boehner back on capitol hill. it is the latest round of fiscal cliff talks which, as speaker boehner opens the door for tax hikes. lori: don't count apple out. dissecting the opposing analyst calls. is the worst over for shareholders? melissa: it is time for stocks now. nicole petallides standing by. nicole: we are looking good. you mentioned boehner and obama speaking once again. many traders that i have spoken with that something, some white, would get done. we are up...
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speaker boehner, don't give an inch on taxes. >> both john boehner -- what i'm saying is both john boehner and i say, look, if you want to make a deal, you're going to have to consider what the other party wants, what the other side wants, what -- you have to get to an agreement. >> neil: what would the agreement be, one to one? >> look, i've been for bowls simpson and -- the outline, not the specifics. what they said is we need to deal with entitlements, we need to strengthen social security and medicare and make sure they're sustainable. >> neil: their ratio was $3 in spending cuts to 1 dollar in revenue. what do you think this will be? >> actually, frankly, as you probably know, neil, the bowles simpson proposal was closer to 2-1 than 3-1. >> neil: do you think the final package will be 2-1? >> i don't know. i know this, that frankly we ought to stop talking about the politics or ideology. we have a math problem in my opinion. the problem is we need to get -- you could pick your target. my target would be 70% of debt to gdp by 2022 or 2023. then work the math backwards and how you get t
speaker boehner, don't give an inch on taxes. >> both john boehner -- what i'm saying is both john boehner and i say, look, if you want to make a deal, you're going to have to consider what the other party wants, what the other side wants, what -- you have to get to an agreement. >> neil: what would the agreement be, one to one? >> look, i've been for bowls simpson and -- the outline, not the specifics. what they said is we need to deal with entitlements, we need to strengthen...
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for the president and john boehner. everyone said john boehner was the loser and i don't see how this helps the president's position. stuart: when he was asked by you walking away from the president? walking away from future talks and he adamantly said no, i did not say that. >> don't quote me saying that. stuart: we are down 120 points with the dow jones average. no movement from the stock market despite what john boehner had to say. no movement at all. loss of losers with the dow down 127. start with the dow. where are we? nicole: bank of america down 2.5%. all the financials are taking today and such an indication of how market sentiment is on wall street. caterpillar,/4% and hewlett-packard down 1.5%. stuart: thanks. bottom line from all of this is the republicans will not accept higher tax rates and the president does not want to make serious cuts in spending. is a standoff and that is still true on the market where the dow is down 127 points. new subject. the nra's leaderships to speak today, one week after the ma
for the president and john boehner. everyone said john boehner was the loser and i don't see how this helps the president's position. stuart: when he was asked by you walking away from the president? walking away from future talks and he adamantly said no, i did not say that. >> don't quote me saying that. stuart: we are down 120 points with the dow jones average. no movement from the stock market despite what john boehner had to say. no movement at all. loss of losers with the dow down...
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tracy: speaker john boehner left the white house. we just heard this news. the party is being left out, is an agreement we have three of the four house republicans that we talk to. they have not known what has been talked about and they may not know what happened today. >> the key leadership and leaders in the senate and house, they know what is being discussed. they are actually trying to prevent leaking this information. a deal is only as good as it is with both parties. speaker boehner thought he had a deal with the president and the president consults his own leadership. >> that is fair. the president said the republicans have resisted raising taxes on the rich. they have a philosophical process with raising taxes. are they eventually going to have to give in on that? >> it depends what you are definition of riches. we have and believe that republicans, $250,000 is not rich in america today. the question will come down to what you get into return? i like to think of it as small claims court. if everyone goes away happy, the deal is probably good. speaker
tracy: speaker john boehner left the white house. we just heard this news. the party is being left out, is an agreement we have three of the four house republicans that we talk to. they have not known what has been talked about and they may not know what happened today. >> the key leadership and leaders in the senate and house, they know what is being discussed. they are actually trying to prevent leaking this information. a deal is only as good as it is with both parties. speaker boehner...
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john boehner is meeting with president obama on the fiscal cliff as we speak. those are the headlines. tonight in "the war room," you'll get the story. ♪ which side are you on, boy ♪ ♪ which side are you on ♪ >> jennifer: let's start tonight with one of california's most significant contributions to the world... blue jeans! during the gold rush, bavarian immigrant began making durable cotton pants for miners seeking their fortune in the california hills. that man was levi strauss. now, 140 years later 450 million pairs of jeans are sold every year in the u.s. alone. now, you would think with that volume, the manufacturing process would be totally mechanized but actually a lot of it is still done by hand. a typical pair of jeans is made from 15 individual pieces, someone has to oversee cutting all of those pieces and sew them together and as you can see in this discovery channel documentary, the seams get ironed out flat then the zipper and the rivets are attached and finally, because who wants new-looking jeans they get distressed. workers put them on g
john boehner is meeting with president obama on the fiscal cliff as we speak. those are the headlines. tonight in "the war room," you'll get the story. ♪ which side are you on, boy ♪ ♪ which side are you on ♪ >> jennifer: let's start tonight with one of california's most significant contributions to the world... blue jeans! during the gold rush, bavarian immigrant began making durable cotton pants for miners seeking their fortune in the california hills. that man was...
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that is exactly the john boehner plan. nancy pelosi already agreed a. [talking over each other] sandra: who says we are bearing the lead? that is the primary reason most traders, nancy pelosi agreed to this. that is why their saying markets are point that deal will get done. >> even to accept higher rates of earnings over $1 million and this would make the economy go to shambles if we raise taxes on the ridge. dave: the concession john boehner made and a lot of people, tea party republicans would not go for the $1 million threshold because they say any way you keep feeding the beast, government apatite is bad. he will have trouble with tea party republicans, and they may get hat million dollar threshold dawn so there will be democrat and republican than a majority of them will agree to this plan. cheryl: many market analysts have said taxes will go up. end and they are expecting this to happen. they are advising people to ptructure their portfolio. charles: dividends are 44%, bond market ten year yield is up big time and gold free-fall in. maybe the onl
that is exactly the john boehner plan. nancy pelosi already agreed a. [talking over each other] sandra: who says we are bearing the lead? that is the primary reason most traders, nancy pelosi agreed to this. that is why their saying markets are point that deal will get done. >> even to accept higher rates of earnings over $1 million and this would make the economy go to shambles if we raise taxes on the ridge. dave: the concession john boehner made and a lot of people, tea party...
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speaker john boehner has to be re-elected. if he does sort of curve to the left and finds his way down the middle, he can almost guarantee he's re-elected; right? >> well, he has to earn the trust of republicans, particularly conservative republicans. if he brings it through and pushes it through, that ruins the republican brand forever. we barely convinced the american people we're against tax increases, but if they pass a tax increases, we're on the road to the minority. that worries members of the conference irrespective of the cliff created, again, by a bad deeing in august 20 # 11 that the american people said don't raise the ceiling, washington raised it, cut spending in the future. that sounds awfully familiar from the white house and out of the speaker and the majority leaders as well. tracy: do you have anied what's -- whatever boehner presented to the white house tonight, do you have any idea what's in the compromise? >> none whatsoever, no details gimp to us, again, undecled cuts, but what i can be certain about, an
speaker john boehner has to be re-elected. if he does sort of curve to the left and finds his way down the middle, he can almost guarantee he's re-elected; right? >> well, he has to earn the trust of republicans, particularly conservative republicans. if he brings it through and pushes it through, that ruins the republican brand forever. we barely convinced the american people we're against tax increases, but if they pass a tax increases, we're on the road to the minority. that worries...
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john boehner offering plan b. for the white house. managing director and host of "cavuto" is here with us. neil, great to see you. one step forward, 12 steps backwards. always try to see if we are making progress, where are we in this negotiation, if it even matters. neil: the street seems to think we are making progress. if it goes down without a deal, we will never materialize, they can at least say we voted on this tax thing, more than we originally proposed, we gave you a trillion dollars over 10 years. what did the democrats offer in return? they almost want to wipe their hands and move on. i don't know if it'll work but it is a way to get the president or democrats to offer something. we have not yet to hear from them. neil: this is all part of negotiations and all of that. what wall street seems to be celebrating today, they might i only hearken back to the tarp vote. the first is rejected by congress and the market sells off the tune of 777 points, congress reconvenes and fantasy votes for a second tarp. a year later the dow i
john boehner offering plan b. for the white house. managing director and host of "cavuto" is here with us. neil, great to see you. one step forward, 12 steps backwards. always try to see if we are making progress, where are we in this negotiation, if it even matters. neil: the street seems to think we are making progress. if it goes down without a deal, we will never materialize, they can at least say we voted on this tax thing, more than we originally proposed, we gave you a trillion...
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. >> i know a lot of boehner's people. and john boehner is a really good guy. he just happens to have a rather crappy caucus and i think there a lot of republicans that would admit that that sit in my position. but it's simple, john boehner and barack obama are going to come up with a deal. it's going to be in the last week of the year. this is not the first time that a member of congress and a president have waited until the last me lastment to do something. but the idea that we're going to -- >> jimmy isn't what is most important is republicans are signaling they're trying to move to the center here, they're letting the tax rates expire on those making $1 million or more. it's between now and the end of the year does that threshold move? the republicans want a million dollars threshold on tax rates to expire, obama wants $400,000. where does that needle go in this final week? that's the question to me. >> fine, then let the needle move. i think it's going to be anywhere from $500,000 to $700,000 a year. >> i agree with you. >> if they do that is correct it's
. >> i know a lot of boehner's people. and john boehner is a really good guy. he just happens to have a rather crappy caucus and i think there a lot of republicans that would admit that that sit in my position. but it's simple, john boehner and barack obama are going to come up with a deal. it's going to be in the last week of the year. this is not the first time that a member of congress and a president have waited until the last me lastment to do something. but the idea that we're going...
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john boehner meeting with the president. sandra: not bad. we're still here with the pharaohs, some optimism on wall street when you hear john boehner and obama are meeting once again for talking once again to bring us closer and closer. some sort of agreement on the fiscal cliff and that optimism and thought maybe they're actually coming together bringing optimism and that is what you see a pharaohs across the board, s&p 500 up nearly one full percentage point with names like bank of america, home depot and wal-mart leading the dow. we talk about president obama and what we have seen out of washington, don't forget roughly 30 million americans will begin in january 2014 as the reform laws change. they got an upgrade. the price target from deutsche bank up about 66% in the last six months. back to you. dennis: thank you nicole. cheryl: over to sandra smith. sandra: we're watching oil and gasoline prices. $0.75 on the session around $88 per barrel and while oil prices are up today, they have dropped significantly the past couple of months. sho
john boehner meeting with the president. sandra: not bad. we're still here with the pharaohs, some optimism on wall street when you hear john boehner and obama are meeting once again for talking once again to bring us closer and closer. some sort of agreement on the fiscal cliff and that optimism and thought maybe they're actually coming together bringing optimism and that is what you see a pharaohs across the board, s&p 500 up nearly one full percentage point with names like bank of...
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john boehner is in a box. grover norquist near oblivion. karl rove benched on fox news. and the real action of barack obama has sent the republican party into total disarray. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> congressman jim clyburn of south carolina and eugene robinson on the latest republican fiasco. >>> plus, congressman chris van hollen on john boehner's latest concession on the fiscal cliff. michael eric dyson and donna gentile-o'donnell on the political fallout. howard dean on chris christie's big decision on the obama care exchange. and apple's ceo breaks big news to nbc's brian williams. >> next year, we will do one of our existing mac lines in the united states. >> tonight, a story of economic patriotism in an era of bain capital with e.j. dionne. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. the reality of the election is start to set in on members of the republican party. republican senator jim demint of south carolina is leaving capitol hill to become president of the heritage foundation. don't cry for demint. the out-going president of the
john boehner is in a box. grover norquist near oblivion. karl rove benched on fox news. and the real action of barack obama has sent the republican party into total disarray. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> congressman jim clyburn of south carolina and eugene robinson on the latest republican fiasco. >>> plus, congressman chris van hollen on john boehner's latest concession on the fiscal cliff. michael eric dyson and donna gentile-o'donnell on the political fallout....
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again, we are waiting for speaker john boehner. i mentioned a moment ago that the speakership and job is on the line. he will come out, rich erickson was telling us, the missing ingredient is the spending cuts. the president has not been serious. where do you think we are in all of this? charles: this whole thing came about because of the debt ceiling compromise. now it feels like that entire thing has been flip-flopped. connell: i guess you would not have known all these things back then. charles: hind sight is 2020. what he may be prepared to accept now and what it was then. connell: the president called him up that day. we were actually down in d.c. that day. we thought there was going to be a deal. apparently, behind-the-scenes, the president was saying no. i need the more revenue. the speaker said, forget about it. charles: also, there is a lot of anxiety within the republican party. and lot of conservatives are newer breed. the tea party breed. despite what the media says, the tea party presented a major challenge. it was a s
again, we are waiting for speaker john boehner. i mentioned a moment ago that the speakership and job is on the line. he will come out, rich erickson was telling us, the missing ingredient is the spending cuts. the president has not been serious. where do you think we are in all of this? charles: this whole thing came about because of the debt ceiling compromise. now it feels like that entire thing has been flip-flopped. connell: i guess you would not have known all these things back then....
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here's what claire mccaskill had to skay. >> i feel sorry for john boehner. he has to deal with the base of the republican party that grover norquist represents. i met him for the first time this morning. nice to meet him. who is he? why is he this guy that has captured so much attention in this? >> so why is he? do you think he's still relevant? >> well, he is, but back to what the congresswoman was saying a little bit earlier, does john boehner have control of his caucus. is he leading his caucus or is his caucus leading him. the reason why you're hearing congressional leaders say they won't negotiate in public because some of these outside external figures do still have some power but they want to keep them at bay as much as possible and so even though we're hearing john boner and harry reid say they are far away from a deal that may not be true because they are negotiating behind closed doors. press conference after press conference we're seeing the market swing back and forth but really i think we may be closer to a deal by the end of the month than thes
here's what claire mccaskill had to skay. >> i feel sorry for john boehner. he has to deal with the base of the republican party that grover norquist represents. i met him for the first time this morning. nice to meet him. who is he? why is he this guy that has captured so much attention in this? >> so why is he? do you think he's still relevant? >> well, he is, but back to what the congresswoman was saying a little bit earlier, does john boehner have control of his caucus. is...
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president obama urges house speaker john boehner to take his deal on t fiscal clif f calling it something republicans can be proud o >> susie: i'm susie gharib.ud the c.e.o. of manufacturer johnson controls says business is looking good for 2013, but going over the fiscal cliff could change that. >> tom: and the u.s. treasury speeds up plans to sell its stake in general motors. is the automaker ready to stand alone? >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> tom: unr the threat of ar white house veto, the u.s. house of representatives is expected to vote tomorrow on the republican plan-b to avoid the fiscal cliff. house speaker john boehner thinks the house will okay the package, trying to turn the heat up on president obama to steer clear of automatic tax hikes and government spending cuts due to take affect in 12 days. still, as darren gersh reports, there are some signs the two sides are narrowing their differences. >> reporter: house republicans say they're still working on plan a: a big agreement with the president to cut spending and raise revenues, but they were pushing plan b
president obama urges house speaker john boehner to take his deal on t fiscal clif f calling it something republicans can be proud o >> susie: i'm susie gharib.ud the c.e.o. of manufacturer johnson controls says business is looking good for 2013, but going over the fiscal cliff could change that. >> tom: and the u.s. treasury speeds up plans to sell its stake in general motors. is the automaker ready to stand alone? >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."!...
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do you feel sorry for john boehner who has all these circus folks with him? >> i don't. >> eliot: shocking to me. >> look, he has--he's trying to maintain his caucus, and you know, at the end of the day i don't really invest too heavily about the actual persons of these politicians. the fact that you were talking about lindsey graham who pressureperceived-- >> eliot: i was setting him up to tear him down. >> the point is he's facing re-election. the republican electorate that the republicans have nurtured and grown. they have created frankenstein, i've said it before on this program, and basically they're at the mercy of these people. they created this monster and they can't put it back in the bottle. >> eliot: would you agree with sam, they are now the victims of their own creation. they cannot escape the tea party fringe who has knocked out the more moderate voices of the establishment party so they're left with only the fear of the far rate. shame on them. >> i don't mean to put too fine of a point on it, the republican party of this party is demented. i w
do you feel sorry for john boehner who has all these circus folks with him? >> i don't. >> eliot: shocking to me. >> look, he has--he's trying to maintain his caucus, and you know, at the end of the day i don't really invest too heavily about the actual persons of these politicians. the fact that you were talking about lindsey graham who pressureperceived-- >> eliot: i was setting him up to tear him down. >> the point is he's facing re-election. the republican...
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i don't know why john boehner is negotiating this in public. he had a private meeting with the president last week, they spoke by phone sunday night. today he gets out and says he's slow walk it, why is he doing it in public rather than dealing directly with the president and bad-mouthing the white house and saying the president is not really negotiating in good faith basically is what john boehner is saying. bill: maybe that is the case. >> why say that publicly when you're trying to come to a deal with somebody on the other side. bill: that's a fair point. what about that if true. >> let's look at president's record quickly. he's had four years of trillion dollar deficits. he hasn't even had a budget in place. >> not true. >> this president has not done anything to get our fiscal house in order. >> that is not true. that is just not true. >> it is true. >> he's offered to cut -- >> let's be clear by his cuts. his cuts are for five and ten years from now. we can't even make cuts that he said would happen in a year. on sequester he said it wasn
i don't know why john boehner is negotiating this in public. he had a private meeting with the president last week, they spoke by phone sunday night. today he gets out and says he's slow walk it, why is he doing it in public rather than dealing directly with the president and bad-mouthing the white house and saying the president is not really negotiating in good faith basically is what john boehner is saying. bill: maybe that is the case. >> why say that publicly when you're trying to...
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those are the words of house speaker john boehner. harry reid, the democrats, of course, said we cannot ignore the american people on tax hikes. ron hine on why he says there is still no reason to panic on the cliff. our very own lou dobbs is not buying it. adam: our very own nicole petallides is on the new york stock exchange. where do we stand right now. right now the dow jones industrials are down nearly 60 points. the nasdaq composite is down three quarters of 1%. not a great day here. there are concerns about the fiscal cliff. we just have the deadline timeclock up again. we know that we have very accommodative fed's. let's take a look at some european markets. finance ministers have been discussing things including giving them more power. these are some of the things that they are looking at closely. we had seen europe really pushing some new recent highs. that is something that pushed us along in the last couple days. lori: a showdown in washington. sparring over a dead deal. it does not look like either party is ready to budge
those are the words of house speaker john boehner. harry reid, the democrats, of course, said we cannot ignore the american people on tax hikes. ron hine on why he says there is still no reason to panic on the cliff. our very own lou dobbs is not buying it. adam: our very own nicole petallides is on the new york stock exchange. where do we stand right now. right now the dow jones industrials are down nearly 60 points. the nasdaq composite is down three quarters of 1%. not a great day here....
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meanwhile, john boehner started the talks after a standoff that lasted almost a week. then there was the surprise that rocked the capital today. south carolina conservative, jim demint, a hero to many, is retiring next month. nbc's david gregory, the moderator of "meet the press," has more on the surprise announcement. >> reporter: about four years early, a lot of people thought it would happen by 2017, but not at this point. in his term, demint was somebody who turbo-charged the tea party movement. he told me he would like to see the party really adopt more of these tea party ideas. that really didn't happen. there were more internal fights. he did have success in fielding candidates and also failed. he said they didn't do enough to establish what the party was for. he is going to try to be a force behind the party. >> and one more, senator coburn, from texas, somebody the president has a good relationship with opened the door toward raising taxes on the wealthy. is this the start of something? >> reporter: yes, i think a lot of things are misplaced. i talked to a lot
meanwhile, john boehner started the talks after a standoff that lasted almost a week. then there was the surprise that rocked the capital today. south carolina conservative, jim demint, a hero to many, is retiring next month. nbc's david gregory, the moderator of "meet the press," has more on the surprise announcement. >> reporter: about four years early, a lot of people thought it would happen by 2017, but not at this point. in his term, demint was somebody who turbo-charged...
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i never have known john boehner not to have a plan or idea to have a lead. i think again people overlook in this discussion how much support he had in the caucus. he clearly had somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 posts. this idea that the majority of republicans were against what he was proposing is not true. he had massive support and got no democratic help on the taxes and that probably killed the deal in the end. the speaker retains a lot of support and i suspect whatever he proposes today will get tremendous support in congress. >> your colleagues from ohio said that the big problem here is just continuous blame. both sides blaming each other and no one wanting to make the tough decision to take on something they may not like entirely. do you feel someone is very familiar with the members and your conference that there is too much blame game going on between both sides and people are too fearful of making the tough vote. it's a profile in courage. >> i think there is a lot of principaled opposition. it's not just the tax issue and the fact that they ha
i never have known john boehner not to have a plan or idea to have a lead. i think again people overlook in this discussion how much support he had in the caucus. he clearly had somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 posts. this idea that the majority of republicans were against what he was proposing is not true. he had massive support and got no democratic help on the taxes and that probably killed the deal in the end. the speaker retains a lot of support and i suspect whatever he proposes today...
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first, house speaker john boehner, which you're looking at right now. we decided to take a look at what the coming years of negotiations are going to look like for speaker boehner. can you see he doesn't look too bad, if he makes it to 107, looking okay there with the chiseled cheek bones. the president looks like he's aged less actually than the first term. seen all the pictures of him with the gray hair after the first term as president, but i would have to say that both men to make it to 107, scott and maria, not too bad of a feat inde indeed. >> i don't think that's what you're going to look like in your 60s, kayla. something tells me that you'll look a lot younger than those pictures show. >> the president and the speak remember probably going to feel like 107 by december 31st. >> probably feel like that right now. exactly. >> thanks, kayla. >> we're just off the lows of the day right now. the dow is down 56. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq negative with 25 minutes to go before we ring the bell. >> check out this back brace. i feel like you need it now.
first, house speaker john boehner, which you're looking at right now. we decided to take a look at what the coming years of negotiations are going to look like for speaker boehner. can you see he doesn't look too bad, if he makes it to 107, looking okay there with the chiseled cheek bones. the president looks like he's aged less actually than the first term. seen all the pictures of him with the gray hair after the first term as president, but i would have to say that both men to make it to...
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the president did have an onization with john boehner. both sides publicly at least are blaming the others for delaying here. i think both sides are said we know what we want to do, which is for the white house raise rates on the rich. but what can they talk about behind the scenes when the republicans are saying we don't want to do that, on the flip side the white house is saying they don't want to do the republican idea of just capping loop holes at least right now. they want to do that next year with a broader tax reform debate. right now there's not a lot to talk about. the president is going on the road again to detroit on monday and continue his public relations campaign on this to galvanize public opinion. behind the scenes not much. >> molly, have you heard reports that the president and john boehner may be meeting face-to-face? if so what do you hear about that? were that to happen would you expect much to come from that? >> i think we'll know these talks are directly engaged when we do have more communication between the actual
the president did have an onization with john boehner. both sides publicly at least are blaming the others for delaying here. i think both sides are said we know what we want to do, which is for the white house raise rates on the rich. but what can they talk about behind the scenes when the republicans are saying we don't want to do that, on the flip side the white house is saying they don't want to do the republican idea of just capping loop holes at least right now. they want to do that next...
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john boehner has given in too much. they may have won the presidency and the senate, but the republicans won the house, and that asays a lot. because the house controls the money. i think the debt ceiling should stay. they should not allow the president to have it. as far as social security, there are 66 million people on social security, only 14.5 million are retirees. a lot of the rest is welfare. we spend probably $1.50 trillion all together with food stamps and all these checks that we send out every month. we are going to have to cut some of that, i know. the debt ceiling should stay with the house. host: talk about the role of the senate. you have talked about republicans winning the house and retaining control of the house and democrats won the senate. caller: the house has passed a bill and sent it to the senate. harry reid will not let them get to the floor. i think the senate needs to look at harry reid and say, listen, if you are not going to look at these bills, then we will put someone else in your place an
john boehner has given in too much. they may have won the presidency and the senate, but the republicans won the house, and that asays a lot. because the house controls the money. i think the debt ceiling should stay. they should not allow the president to have it. as far as social security, there are 66 million people on social security, only 14.5 million are retirees. a lot of the rest is welfare. we spend probably $1.50 trillion all together with food stamps and all these checks that we send...
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house speaker john boehner has scrapped the deal on plan b. boehner conceded last night he didn't have enough support from republicans to pass the bill which would raise taxes on households making more than $1 is million a year. the house is now in recess until the end of the year. the white house says the president's main priority now is to ensure taxes goes go up for 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses. for more on the tax, we're joined. talk about the cliff. you wake up to the news this morning. what do you make of it? what do you do now? >> i guess what's happening is there is more idealogical battling going on in the republican party than maybe was obvious a little while ago. our baseline view is they will strike a deal either down to the wire or early next year. growth next year will be quite weak. it has to be said that there is a tail risk that is substantial. maybe 25%, a little more than that. the idealogical battle about the future shape of the country really does drive us over part of the cliff, takes us toward the debt ce
house speaker john boehner has scrapped the deal on plan b. boehner conceded last night he didn't have enough support from republicans to pass the bill which would raise taxes on households making more than $1 is million a year. the house is now in recess until the end of the year. the white house says the president's main priority now is to ensure taxes goes go up for 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses. for more on the tax, we're joined. talk about the cliff. you wake up to the news...
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and you see john boehner's frustration. the president has never made it easier or maybe even b possible for the president -- for boehner or to get the job done. gregg: all right. chris stirewalt, thanks very much. >> merry christmas. gregg: merry christmas. heather: well, coming up, even before the president takes the oath of office for a second time, a new poll out just today suggests americans are increasingly worried about what's ahead for this cot the hd the political debates. gregg: and mother nature not making it easy for millions of folks trying to rush home for the holidays. we are live from the world's busiest airport. heather: plus, a new battle over the president's health care law as we learn more about a doctor shortage and the impact that it could have on you and your health services. we'll show you one suggestion for dealing with the shortage and why it is already creating controversy. >> but we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. when you have dia
and you see john boehner's frustration. the president has never made it easier or maybe even b possible for the president -- for boehner or to get the job done. gregg: all right. chris stirewalt, thanks very much. >> merry christmas. gregg: merry christmas. heather: well, coming up, even before the president takes the oath of office for a second time, a new poll out just today suggests americans are increasingly worried about what's ahead for this cot the hd the political debates. gregg:...
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john boehner, i respect him enormously. but he's in a pickle. if you're trying to rebrand the republican party and john boehner wants a compromise with president obama, that compromise is going to be very large tax hikes. you may not get the spending cuts you want. you may not get the entitlement reform, but it will have the gop footprints all over it. how do you brand under those circumstances? >> well, i think that as long as you explain the cuts, so if you explain that cutting spending is good and it's going to allow you to create jobs and allow you to keep more money here in the united states, people are going to understand that. but the problem with the republican party is that they often don't explain why cutting spending is a good thing. so when these triggers happen and when spending cuts happen, people just see them as sacrificial and something that's going to hurt them rather than something that's going to be beneficial in the long run. >> the country -- i mean, the latest "wall street journal" poll does say that the country wants a co
john boehner, i respect him enormously. but he's in a pickle. if you're trying to rebrand the republican party and john boehner wants a compromise with president obama, that compromise is going to be very large tax hikes. you may not get the spending cuts you want. you may not get the entitlement reform, but it will have the gop footprints all over it. how do you brand under those circumstances? >> well, i think that as long as you explain the cuts, so if you explain that cutting spending...
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you are looking live at the white house where president obama and house speaker john boehner are about to meet to discuss the looming fiscal cliff. this is a surprise meeting, one that we learned about a short time ago. boehner is making his way over there right now. the other breaking news is that u.n. ambassador susan rice just removed her name from consideration for the coveted secretary of state job, following the theory over her response to the attack on the consulate in benghazi. ed henry has more on both breaking stories. take it away. >> reporter: you are right. speaker boehner left the capital and expected to arrive at the white house in a moment. this could not put more explanation point how critical this meeting is. we are running up against the fiscal cliff. we heard from firms that unless a framework for a deal is forged in the next few days they are going to run out of time in order to actually move whatever deal they come up with through both changes to the house and the senate. this is why i got new information that last night senate majority leader harry reid met in a
you are looking live at the white house where president obama and house speaker john boehner are about to meet to discuss the looming fiscal cliff. this is a surprise meeting, one that we learned about a short time ago. boehner is making his way over there right now. the other breaking news is that u.n. ambassador susan rice just removed her name from consideration for the coveted secretary of state job, following the theory over her response to the attack on the consulate in benghazi. ed henry...
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john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party willing to share a seat. dent even have any milk to drink because, well, tell them why, john. >> they took my milk and threw it in the garbage. >> "early start" continues right now. >>> i'm so devastated for them. i'm really feeling for them. >> breaking radio silence. two deejays talk about the family of the nurse who took her own life after getting duped by their prank call. >>> top secret rescue mission. an american saved in afghanistan but at a heavy price. >> look who's talking. president obama and john boehner finally get together a little more than three weeks before we hit the fiscal cliff. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> it's so night to you have back, john. it's 6:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started. the two men who stand between all of us and the fiscal cliff are finally speaking face-to-face. president obama and house speaker john boehner actually looked into each other's eyes yesterday and they talk
john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party willing to share a seat. dent even have any milk to drink because, well, tell them why, john. >> they took my milk and threw it in the garbage. >> "early start" continues right now. >>> i'm so devastated for them. i'm really feeling for them. >> breaking radio silence. two deejays talk about the family of the nurse who took her own life after getting duped by their prank call....
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i think one part of what john boehner says, which is quite right. you can't keep doing this forever. at some point you've got to get that habit under control. now the problem is the republicans realize that large role for government is pretty popular. that's why they don't i'dfy specific cuts. >> they say we'll cut this amount of money but nobody will tell you where it's going to come because the things they'll cut is going to hurt. the low-hanging fruit is gone. >> the role of government, the more interesting discussion, if you cut health care costs by saying we're going to improve quality but reduce cost. you can do that. but you're going to have to have panels, you may call them death panels, panels that say look, this stuff is not worth it. we're not going to reimburse you. this long-term care is not worth it. you know they're going to have to be judgments made and that's a role for government that americans are very uncomfortable with. that is government deciding what health care you get. but that's how the europeans and the taiwanese and all o
i think one part of what john boehner says, which is quite right. you can't keep doing this forever. at some point you've got to get that habit under control. now the problem is the republicans realize that large role for government is pretty popular. that's why they don't i'dfy specific cuts. >> they say we'll cut this amount of money but nobody will tell you where it's going to come because the things they'll cut is going to hurt. the low-hanging fruit is gone. >> the role of...
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first, though, president obama has made a new offer to house speaker john boehner as they try to avoid the fiscal cliff. the two met for 45 minutes on monday and are expected to talk again today. this would cut spending by $1.2 trillion over the next decade. the president is now reportedly seeking to extend the bush era tax cuts for everyone making below $400,000 and that's up from the previous threshold of $250,000. he's proposed to use the chained cpi for social security benefits. and italian lawmakers begin debating next year's proposed budget later today. despite calls for him to stay on, prime minister mario monti has said once the budget is passed, he will resign. 61% of italians are against him running for a second turn. meanwhile, sylvia berlusconi promised yesterday if he's voted back in, he'll reverse some of monti's policies. >>> in tokyo, the newly elected prime minister is meeting with the head of the central bank. also, we'll head out to frankfurt where do you have ya mark may have dodged another bullet. >>> then it's over to hong kong. aig sells its remaining stake in ai
first, though, president obama has made a new offer to house speaker john boehner as they try to avoid the fiscal cliff. the two met for 45 minutes on monday and are expected to talk again today. this would cut spending by $1.2 trillion over the next decade. the president is now reportedly seeking to extend the bush era tax cuts for everyone making below $400,000 and that's up from the previous threshold of $250,000. he's proposed to use the chained cpi for social security benefits. and italian...
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. >>> also, later on, did you hear john boehner today? >> four days ago we offered a serious proposal based on testimony of president clinton's former chief of staff. since then, there's been to counteroffer from the white house. instead, reports indicate that the president has adopted a deliberate strategy to slow walk our economy right to the edge of the fiscal cliff. >> former presidential candidate and vermont governor howard dean says bring it on. going over the fiscal cliff will actually help america. he's going to make his case, very bold statement there, to someone whose company will be decimated by the spending cuts to defense companies. you do not want to miss this confrontation. ricans are alwayso work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the hea
. >>> also, later on, did you hear john boehner today? >> four days ago we offered a serious proposal based on testimony of president clinton's former chief of staff. since then, there's been to counteroffer from the white house. instead, reports indicate that the president has adopted a deliberate strategy to slow walk our economy right to the edge of the fiscal cliff. >> former presidential candidate and vermont governor howard dean says bring it on. going over the fiscal...
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again, the president and john boehner in a meeting right now about the fiscal cliff. we'll follow that for you and bring you any details that may come out of that meeting. >>> but we get back to our lead story and this being the first school day since friday's tragedy in newtown. extra security measures are being taken at schools all across the country because of what happened there. among them, the chicago school district is urging principals to conduct lockdown drills. in suburban riverside, illinois, police are stationed in front of schools today to reassure the parents there. los angeles police are stepping up patrols at schools and so are boston police. here in new york, schools are encouraged to review their safety measures. that's just some of the examples taking place nationwide. joining me to talk more about this, steve perry, the founder and principal of capital prep school in connecticut, and i'm also joined by renowned mental health expert, psychologist, jeff gardere, also an msnbc news contributor. good to have you here. the kids where you are in newtown
again, the president and john boehner in a meeting right now about the fiscal cliff. we'll follow that for you and bring you any details that may come out of that meeting. >>> but we get back to our lead story and this being the first school day since friday's tragedy in newtown. extra security measures are being taken at schools all across the country because of what happened there. among them, the chicago school district is urging principals to conduct lockdown drills. in suburban...
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cheryl: john boehner is leaving washington. john boehner may lose his house speakership overall. dennis: college for $199 a month. top of the hour. nicole petallides at the floor of the stock exchange. nicole: this is the early loser of the s&p 500. potentially taking the company private. and it may be back on the tabling yesterday we heard reports from the tribune that it was imminent. that deadline has been pushed back. and shareholders and investors were crazy yesterday. they're selling it off at 16% what is happening with best buy. it is down 18 points. the tech having nasdaq, apple under pressure down 1/2% and the s&p 500 down 1/4%. we closed at 13,165 soviet two points negative for the week. cheryl: thank you very much. with no fiscal cliff deal in sight john boehner says he is on his way home to ohio. dennis: rich edson joins us from the beltway. if the house speaker's headed home his work is done or the chances of an accord are over? rich: somewhere in the middle and we are getting to the point where you won't see anything by christmas at least unless the two sides don't
cheryl: john boehner is leaving washington. john boehner may lose his house speakership overall. dennis: college for $199 a month. top of the hour. nicole petallides at the floor of the stock exchange. nicole: this is the early loser of the s&p 500. potentially taking the company private. and it may be back on the tabling yesterday we heard reports from the tribune that it was imminent. that deadline has been pushed back. and shareholders and investors were crazy yesterday. they're selling...
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>> speaker john boehner woke us up. i expected after the brief statement that he made the market would come in much more than it has. i am kind of impressed we haven't seen the market down quite significantly. it means we will look at a nice year-end rally. liz: all w he did was speak 45 seconds. we are coming off of two days of double-digit jumps in the dow jones industrial in the rearview mirror. but let me quickly ask you, volatility of about six or 7% depending on what second you're looking at it when a day for most of it the market was meandering. >> remember where we are at. coming at the end of the year, a lot of traders have hung up their books, does not take much to move the market one way or another. i do agree, this market is a santa claus rally. the market saying fiscal cliff, so what. more income means spending cuts and the politicians will eventually get it together. playing poker with each other, john boehner hurt the market when he said the market will take a nosedive tomorrow. this will go back and fort
>> speaker john boehner woke us up. i expected after the brief statement that he made the market would come in much more than it has. i am kind of impressed we haven't seen the market down quite significantly. it means we will look at a nice year-end rally. liz: all w he did was speak 45 seconds. we are coming off of two days of double-digit jumps in the dow jones industrial in the rearview mirror. but let me quickly ask you, volatility of about six or 7% depending on what second you're...